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A new mouse model of ARX dup24 recapitulates the patients' behavioral and fine motor alterations.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Jun 2018
Dubos Aline, Meziane Hamid, Iacono Giovanni, Curie Aurore, Riet Fabrice, Martin Christelle, Loaëc Nadège, Birling Marie-Christine, Selloum Mohammed, Normand Elisabeth, Pavlovic Guillaume, Sorg Tania, Stunnenberg Henk G, Chelly Jamel, Humeau Yann, Friocourt Gaëlle, Hérault Yann
Abstract excerpt
The aristaless-related homeobox (ARX) transcription factor is involved in the development of GABAergic and cholinergic neurons in the forebrain. ARX mutations have been associated with a wide spectrum of neurodevelopmental disorders in humans, among which the most frequent, a 24 bp duplication in the polyalanine tract 2 (c.428_451dup24), gives rise to intellectual disability, fine motor defects with or without...
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